Nasreen stops speaking and tries to isolate herself after the Taliban take her parents, but with the help of a good friend and a secret school, Nasreen slowly begins to break out of her shell
Young Nasreen has not spoken a word to anyone since her parents disappeared. In despair, her grandmother risks everything to enroll Nasreen in a secret school for girls
School Library Journal, September 2009; Booklist starred, September 2009; Publisher's Weekly, October 2009; New York Times, January 2010; Horn Book, April 2010; Multicultural Review, June 2010